Nearby cities
Living near Oud-Berchem offers a practical setting with easy access to shops, transport, and essential everyday services.
Great news for commuters: With Mechelen just 17 minutes away by car, city shops and services are within easy reach. With Sint-Niklaas just 19 minutes away by car, city shops and services are within easy reach. Bergen op Zoom is easily accessible by car, just 31 minutes away.
Transports
Motorways A1 / E19 (Brussels - Mechelen - Antwerpen - (Breda, Netherlands)) and A12 (Brussels - Boom - Antwerpen - (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands)) are within easy reach, just 2 minutes away.
Planning a weekend trip or a business journey? "Anvers-Berchem / Antwerpen-Berchem" train station is fewer than 3 minutes away by car.
Do you have an electric car or plan to have one? The nearest charging station is only 2 minutes’ drive away.
Thanks to the "Cambio - St Willibrordus" station, you can rent a car when you need one, in fewer than 3 minutes walk.
If you appreciate the flexibility offered by renting a bike, you can find the "Velo Antwerpen - Oude Kerk Berchem" station at just 4 minutes’ walk away.
Antwerp International Airport (Deurne) is 5 minutes’ drive away or reachable by public transport in about 35 minutes.
Public transports
Whether for work or leisure, several tram lines are within reach: De Lijn - 15 - P+R Boechout - P+R Linkeroever, De Lijn - 7 - Mortsel - Eilandje with a stop reachable in fewer than 4 minutes as a pedestrian.
The area benefits from strong bus coverage, with lines De Lijn - 298 - Boom - Niel - Berchem, De Lijn - 38 - Zuid Station - Schijnpoort with a stop reachable in fewer than 3 minutes as a pedestrian, De Lijn - 32 - Edegem - Rooseveltplaats with a stop 5 minutes away by foot.
Tourism
"Drie Eycken Golf" golf can be reached in 8 minutes by car.
Education
Within walking distance, you have access to "Kinderdagverblijf Achter De Maan", a nursery reachable in 5 minutes.
A real plus for families: high school "Go! Koninklijk Atheneum Berchem" is close enough for children to walk there in 6 minutes.
Just 2 minutes by bike, "Vrije Basisschool De Knikkerbaan" combines a preschool and elementary school, ideal for family trips.
Shopping
Grocery shopping becomes effortless thanks to the local supermarkets: "Carrefour Express Kemmelbergstraat" (3 minutes by foot or 1 minute by car), "Albert Heijn - Berchem, Walemstraat" (8 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car), "Aldi Antwerpen" (10 minutes by foot or 2 minutes by car).
This neighbourhood offers a good balance of accessibility, services, and living comfort.